Patterns & Metaphors
Deletion
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One of the three universal elements of model or image creation, deletion refers to the way that the model of a system conveys less information than the system it represents. It has survival value because it allows for a focus on the "important" elements in a system, by cutting down on the distraction of the less important elements in the complexity of "reality". In this way it enhances the structure of choice. However, deletion can also produce an "impoverished" model which has a reduced structure of choice. The most common examples of deletion used in presentations and other forms of verbal communication are:
1. Missing information about specific referential indices;
2. Use of incomplete comparatives;
3. Use of unrelated superlatives;
4. Use of unrelated adverbs;
5. Use of implicit but unspecific necessity;
6. Use of implicit but unspecified impossibility.
